Memento mori. These are to certifie that the body of [blank] lately deceased, and interred in the parish of [blank], was not put in, wrapt, wound up, or buried in any shirt, shift, sheet, or shrowd, made or mingled with flax ... or other than what is made of sheeps wooll only ...
1723
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Title
Memento mori. These are to certifie that the body of [blank] lately deceased, and interred in the parish of [blank], was not put in, wrapt, wound up, or buried in any shirt, shift, sheet, or shrowd, made or mingled with flax ... or other than what is made of sheeps wooll only ...
Uniform title
Affidavit of burial in wool.
Created/published
[Bristol] : Printed by Sam. Farley, in Wine-Street, [between 1723 and 1728]
Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 16 x 18 cm (oblong 8vo)
Associated name
Farley, Sam., approximately 1675-1730, printer.
Doe, Jane, active 18th century, associated name.
Winne, Linsey (of Bristol, England), associated name.
Jefferis, Joseph, -1752, signer.
Doe, Jane, active 18th century, associated name.
Winne, Linsey (of Bristol, England), associated name.
Jefferis, Joseph, -1752, signer.
Summary
Affadavit certifying that only pure English wool was used in burial, as required by the Burying in Woollen Acts (1666, 1678, 1680).
Note
"Civit' Bristol ss."--Upper left margin.
Second paragraph: "The truth whereof is attested by [blank] and Jane Doe ... this [blank] day of [blank] 17[blank]." Jane Doe's identity as a real person has not been confirmed.
Samuel Farley was at Wine-Street in Bristol between 1723 and 1728.
With small printed stamps at foot as placeholders for seals.
Not in English short title catalogue, 2018-01-31
Second paragraph: "The truth whereof is attested by [blank] and Jane Doe ... this [blank] day of [blank] 17[blank]." Jane Doe's identity as a real person has not been confirmed.
Samuel Farley was at Wine-Street in Bristol between 1723 and 1728.
With small printed stamps at foot as placeholders for seals.
Not in English short title catalogue, 2018-01-31
Linked resources
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library Y.d.1793: "Imagining an 18th century Jane Doe", The Collation (21 March 2018)
Geographic name
Bristol (England), event place.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Bristol, -- publication place.
Item Details
Call number
Y.d.1793
Folger-specific note
A few tears; backed in old cloth. Blanks completed in manuscript: "Memento mori. These are to certifie that the body of Linsey Winne lately deceased, and interred in the parish of St. Augustine ... The truth whereof is attested by Elizabeth Sur[mom?] and Jane Doe ... "this tenth day of June 1729. Jos. Jefferis." With attestees' initials but without seals. See Folger Y.d.1794 for a burying in wool certificate for another member of the Winne family. Acquired from Samuel Gedge, 2015-06-24. Adopted Anonymously, Acquisitions Night 2018.
Folger accession
270023